My Favorite Things About Golf

People never ask me, "So why do you love golf so much?"
In case they ever do, I've come up with a list:

1) The chance to be with your friends (and sometimes meet new friends) who will not only support you, but will give you shit when you play beneath your ability
2) Having a chorizo on the turn when you are lucky enough to play in Basque country
3) Cracking open a cold Heineken halfway down the last fairway (You can't drink any earlier because it will screw up your game)
4) Having your friend John putt at imaginary holes, and never let him live it down
5) To feel alive as your twilight years approach, knowing you will never be on tour, but knowing that it doesn't matter anyway
6) To hit that shot in a million that keeps you thinking that you might be able to get on tour, like the 5 iron I hit and curled around a tree and over a bunker to within 10 feet of the cup this Saturday.
7) Because the smell of grass on a rainy day is just so damned good
8) Because it beats the hell out of work, no matter how bad you shoot
9) Because you can hug your friends when they make a good shot, and they will hug you back when you miss an easy shot